Book 2: Chapter 21

*Reid*

I barely have time to get her name out of my mouth to warn her, my heart pounding out of my chest as I watch in shock. I try to get to her, but it’s too late as a tree swings wildly in the raging mud. Its branches reach out and toss her slender frame like a rag doll twenty feet from me.

“Raine,” I call out again, my voice harsh and loud. I duck under the tree as it’s pulled back into the fu